Thursday, November 5
Northern Illinois at Western Michigan, 7:00 PM
Bowling Green at Miami, 7:00 PM

Friday, November 6
Akron at Kent State, 7:00 PM
Buffalo at Ohio, 7:00 PM
Eastern Michigan at Ball State, 7:00 PM
Central Michigan at Toledo, 7:00 PM

Saturday, November 7
Northern Illinois at Bowling Green, 3:00 PM
Western Michigan at Miami, 5:00 PM
Eastern Michigan at Toledo, 7:00 PM
Akron at Ohio, 7:00 PM
Buffalo at Kent State, 7:00 PM
Central Michigan at Ball State, 1:00 PM

Players of the Week

West Division Offensive Player of the Week
Victoria Randolph, Eastern Michigan, Sr., OH, Cincinnati, Ohio / Mount Notre Dame
Randolph led the Eagles to their first road victory of the 2009 season as the Eagles upended Central Michigan, Oct. 29, at the Rose Center. In seven sets this weekend, she tallied a team-best 28 kills in 73 swings for a .342 hitting percentage. She also racked up 21 digs. Against both CMU and Ohio, Randolph paced the Eagles with 14 put-a-ways in both matches to lead the Green and White's offensive attack.

Co-East Division Offensive Player of the Week
Andrea Atteberry, Miami, Sr., Setter, Schererville, Ind./Lake Central
Andrea had a great week as she averaged an impressive 10.62 assists per set. Against Buffalo, she had her second career triple-double (both this season) when she put down 10 kills, 55 assists and 12 digs. She won several battles with the blocker at the front of the net and helped Miami win the match in five sets by putting the ball down for the free kill. She was also strong with 33 assists and three kills in straight set win over Akron the night before. She made smart decisions on when to attack, as she hit .476 for the week.

Ellen Herman, Ohio, Sr., OH, Toledo, Ohio/Central Catholic
Herman hit a superb .340 for the week with 39 kills (5.57 per set) with two assists and two aces. She combined that with a 13 dig, seven block performance on the defensive end to go with 45.0 points (6.43 per set). Herman had her ninth double-double of the season with 26 kills and 10 digs in the win over Eastern Michigan. Herman's 45 points also made her Ohio's career leader in the category as she now sports 2004.5 points.

West Division Defensive Player of the Week
Ashley Turnage, Western Michigan, So., MB, Schoolcraft, Mich./Lawton
Ashley Turnage averaged 2.17 blocks per set with 13 total blocks to lead WMU to sweeps of Ball State and Toledo. Turnage started the weekend with 1 solo block and four assisted blocks against the Cardinals. She followed with the best blocking match of her career against Toledo. She had two solo blocks, career-high six assisted blocks for a career-high eight total blocks. With Turnage leading the way, WMU averaged 3.50 blocks per set and 17.17 digs per set, while holding opponents to .061 hitting, including -.014 hitting by Ball State.

East Division Defensive Player of the Week
Sarah Petrulis, Ohio, Sr., DS, Westlake, Ohio/Magnificat
Petrulis is now just 66 digs shy of 1,000 for her career after posting 34 this week (4.86 per set). She also had five assists and pair of aces on the offensive end, while registering a kill in her only attempt.

News and Notes
• The University of Akron volleyball team picked up its first sweep of a Mid-American Conference squad this season beating Bowling Green in three straight sets Saturday night. The win in which UA posted a .325 hitting percentage was the Zips second against the Falcons this season. In the victory, senior setter Kara Smith posted a double-double posting 39 assists while adding 13 digs. Also in the win sophomores Courtney Jarvis and Tina Dimtrijevs posted stellar games putting up 17 kills between them with no errors. Dimtrijevs also added three block assists while Jarvis added 11 digs.

• With 25 digs in BSU's two matches last weekend, Ball State junior libero/defensive specialist Alyssa Rio raised her career digs total to 1,312. The total allowed her to move past Kelly Cochran (1,309 digs from 2003-06) for fourth on BSU's all-time career digs list. Rio also posted double-digit digs in both matches to up her career total to 63 matches with double-figure digs.

• Bowling Green split its weekend MAC matches for the third consecutive weekend, defeating Buffalo in three sets before a three-set loss to Akron ... It marks the third straight week that the Falcons have won the Friday match and lost the Saturday contest ... Noelle Spitler had a career-high 12 kills as BG swept past Buffalo ... The Falcons battled back from a 24-21 deficit in the third set to win 27-25 ... The win over Buffalo was Head Coach Denise Van De Walle's 497th of her career ... Against Akron, Emily Kauth had 12 kills and Corey Domek tied her career high with 15 digs.

• The 15 wins for the Bulls are their most since 1997 when they had 17 wins. It is the most wins for a UB team since joining the MAC. Freshman Tori Beckman added 50 digs on the week, giving her 444 for the season. That mark is currently seventh in the school history for digs in a season.

• The Chippewas rounded out their four-match homestand at 3-1 after splitting a pair of decisions last week. CMU returns to the road this weekend to face Toledo and Ball State. Freshman Katie Schuette gave the CMU offense a shot in the arm against Kent State, finishing with 12 kills in 18 swings in her first collegiate start. Senior Alexis Lonneman is also closing in on CMU's all-time digs record. The libero has 1,929, leaving her 67 short of tying the program mark.

• The Eastern Michigan University volleyball team has struggled this season to put all the pieces together for a complete match, however, that was not the case Thursday evening, Oct. 29, at the Rose Center. Behind a combined 37 kills from the trio of Victoria Randolph (Cincinnati, Ohio-Mount Notre Dame) and freshmen Rachel Iaquaniello (Plymouth, Mich.-Dearborn Divine Child) and Kristen Baker (Mentor, Ohio-Mentor), EMU swept past Central Michigan University, 3-0 (27-25, 28-26, 25-22), in Mid-American Conference West Division action. The victory snapped the Eagles' seven-match losing skid and brought their record to 4-23 overall and 3-8 in league play. Meanwhile, the loss snapped a three-game winning streak for the Chippewas and brings their record to13-8 and 6-5 in the MAC.

• Seniors Katie Veatch and Jenny Keck are fourth and fifth, respectively, in career assists in Kent State history. Veatch has 71 assists this season and 2,427 for her career while Keck has 558 this season and 1600 in her career. With 11 blocks this past weekend, sophomore Liva Brivule is tied for tied for 6th in KSU history for blocks in a single season with 106. She is also fourth with 91 assisted blocks on the year.

• For the first time this season, the RedHawks swept play on a road trip, defeating Akron and Buffalo. Miami finishes road play in the MAC with a 5-3 record. The final four games are now at home, where the RedHawks sport a perfect 4-0 record currently. Megan Griffin will be using these four games to attempt to become the 18th player in school history to reach 1,000 kills. She is at 946 and needs 54 more. Miami's season has been very similar to last year, and fittingly after 12 matches has the same 9-3 conference record that it had at this point last year.

• The Huskies split their last regular season home weekend, defeating Toledo in three sets and losing to Ball State in three sets, to finish with a 9-5 record at Victor E. Court ... Meagan Schoenrock led the Huskie offense with 25 (4.17/set) kills and Maddie Hughes led the defense with 27 digs (4.50/set) ... NIU has now won seven of its last nine matches.

• Ohio has amassed a 24-4 conference record under head coach Ryan Theis. Under head coach Ryan Theis, the Bobcats are 38-3 when hitting .200 or better, and 31-4 when holding opponents under the .200 mark. The Bobcats have amassed a conference record of 100-6 (.943) since the start of the 2003 season, including three perfect 16-0 seasons. Senior Ellen Herman, who is averaging 4.61 kills per set and 16.13 kills per match, is Ohio's alltime kill leader. The senior from Toledo, Ohio, currently has 1,814 kills in her career, and will be gunning for the all-time MAC mark. She is 13 off of Megan Hammons (Ball State), who sits in fourth place.

• Toledo will look to regroup from losses at NIU and WMU last weekend when it plays its final two home matches of the season against CMU and EMU. UT has posted a 7-2 win-loss mark in Savage Arena and will be looking to avenge earlier losses to the Eagles and Chippewas. Sophomore OH Cassie Kleespies entered the Rockets' starting lineup two weeks ago and has made an immediate impact. She has tallied a .286 hitting percentage to go along with 2.38 kills per set since becoming a starter, including a .355 ATK% and 2.67 kps in UT's matches at NIU and WMU last weekend.

• Senior setter Jillian Mitchell had 14 digs over the weekend to move into fifth in career digs at WMU with 1,147 digs. The Broncos' two home wins improved their current winning streak to four matches, eight-straight wins at home and a 10-1 home mark at University Arena this season. The Broncos' welcomed 1,002 fans on Friday vs. Toledo for their seventh consecutive crowd of 1,000 or more this season. WMU is one of the top two teams in the MAC in attendance with an average of 906 fans per match. The Broncos played more dominant defense over the weekend, holding teams to .061 hitting, including -.014 hitting by Ball State. The Broncos averaged 3.50 blocks per set and 17.17 digs per set to shut down the offenses of Ball State and Toledo.

West Division Offensive Player of the Week
Victoria Randolph, Eastern Michigan, Sr., OH, Cincinnati, Ohio / Mount Notre Dame
Randolph led the Eagles to their first road victory of the 2009 season as the Eagles upended Central Michigan, Oct. 29, at the Rose Center. In seven sets this weekend, she tallied a team-best 28 kills in 73 swings for a .342 hitting percentage. She also racked up 21 digs. Against both CMU and Ohio, Randolph paced the Eagles with 14 put-a-ways in both matches to lead the Green and White's offensive attack.

Co-East Division Offensive Player of the Week
Andrea Atteberry, Miami, Sr., Setter, Schererville, Ind./Lake Central
Andrea had a great week as she averaged an impressive 10.62 assists per set. Against Buffalo, she had her second career triple-double (both this season) when she put down 10 kills, 55 assists and 12 digs. She won several battles with the blocker at the front of the net and helped Miami win the match in five sets by putting the ball down for the free kill. She was also strong with 33 assists and three kills in straight set win over Akron the night before. She made smart decisions on when to attack, as she hit .476 for the week.

Ellen Herman, Ohio, Sr., OH, Toledo, Ohio/Central Catholic
Herman hit a superb .340 for the week with 39 kills (5.57 per set) with two assists and two aces. She combined that with a 13 dig, seven block performance on the defensive end to go with 45.0 points (6.43 per set). Herman had her ninth double-double of the season with 26 kills and 10 digs in the win over Eastern Michigan. Herman's 45 points also made her Ohio's career leader in the category as she now sports 2004.5 points.

West Division Defensive Player of the Week
Ashley Turnage, Western Michigan, So., MB, Schoolcraft, Mich./Lawton
Ashley Turnage averaged 2.17 blocks per set with 13 total blocks to lead WMU to sweeps of Ball State and Toledo. Turnage started the weekend with 1 solo block and four assisted blocks against the Cardinals. She followed with the best blocking match of her career against Toledo. She had two solo blocks, career-high six assisted blocks for a career-high eight total blocks. With Turnage leading the way, WMU averaged 3.50 blocks per set and 17.17 digs per set, while holding opponents to .061 hitting, including -.014 hitting by Ball State.

East Division Defensive Player of the Week
Sarah Petrulis, Ohio, Sr., DS, Westlake, Ohio/Magnificat
Petrulis is now just 66 digs shy of 1,000 for her career after posting 34 this week (4.86 per set). She also had five assists and pair of aces on the offensive end, while registering a kill in her only attempt.